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This is inspired by a previous comment by Kees Paap and the other YOPDers in Denmark a while back: ******************* "TO HELL WITH PD!" "To Hell with PD!" The battle cry of those Who long to be free >From that which is known as Parkinson's Disease It robs one of the ability To move with grace and ease Replacing them instead with Shaking and rigidity Commonly known as that Which affects the elderly It also happens to affect Those in younger bodies Genetics seems to be in vogue As the focus of many studies Bringing much attention As well as research monies This fails, however, to explain Why in "PD families" With each new generation The onset age decreases Nor does it explain other Important missing pieces Like why overall it seems The total numbers increase How long will it take before All this madness ceases And a harder look is taken At that which underlies diseases I may or may not have a gene To blame for causing my PD But should I have, then I must ask Why no one else in my family? Perhaps someone was a victim Way back in the family tree More than likely they weren't so Until very much older than me Toxic exposures must be at fault For triggering these things early Genes simply determine whether It's cancer or aging prematurely Toxins can accelerate aging And alter one's DNA Who's to say my "PD gene" wasn't Perhaps created along the way? I'm not interested in whether I might've gotten it ONE DAY I'd rather know the reason why I've got to deal with it TODAY!! "To HELL with PD!" Wendy Tebay